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I have two school-age children. I'm too busy and/or sleep-deprived to write much of anything.
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About kchowell
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Hmmm…where should I start, I wonder?
California…Books…Finance…Books…Wine…Books…Travel…Books.
Books.
Simply said, it all comes back to books.
Although a math geek by education, I am a literature enthusiast by inclination. I read. Excessively. I have a profound appreciation for those writers who take our simple alphabet and miraculously arrange these common building blocks of language into something amazing.
Born, raised and educated in Northern California, I have been led to the Lone Star State through a career in corporate finance. In addition to exploring literature, I spend my free time enjoying wine, beer, independent film, travel, and photography. I am not above putting my extensive education in probability to good use at casual weekend poker games with my friends.
Now, if I could just crack the code to the stock market and retire early…
Like that's going to happen.
If you decide to seek out one out-of-print book this year, it should be this one:
Cameron Crowe's debut, Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Far better than the film, it's a shame that copies of this book are so hard to come by.
It's not unusual for me to have Meredith Wilson's "Youth Fitness Song" (also known as "The Chicken Fat Song") running through my head while I'm working on spreadsheets in the office.
I can't remember what television was like before there were series on HBO, Buffy and The Amazing Race. I miss Buffy. And I miss Angel, too. And Rome. And Deadwood. And Life.Why do the shows that I love fail to thrive? Right now, I can't stop watching Justified, True Blood, and Mad Men. Palladia is my new favorite channel. I've just started getting into Sons of Anarchy. I've recently found guilty pleasure in watching Spartacus.
I used to think that I had a crush on Seth Bullock from Deadwood. Not Timothy Olyphant, but Seth Bullock. I don't know, though... it looks like he may need to battle with Raylan Givens from Justified. Who is also technically Timothy Olyphant. So I don't know... maybe the crush is really on the actor and not the character. But I wasn't into him at all in Catch & Release. TV crushes are confusing!
If I were funnier in print, I'd want to be a recapper for TWoP. Three cheers for the entire staff, whose brilliant observations consistently impress, inspire and amuse me.
I think that 2010 is the year that I became totally enamored with the brilliant writing of Suzanne Collins. I adore Katniss Everdeen in all her flawed warrior glory. Thank you, Ms Collins for giving me a series that I cannot wait to share with my daughters (a few more years to go, I'm afraid).
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